A thousand cranes for Scotthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2007/08/24/a-thousand-cranes-for-scott.aspx"The cranes were inspired by the story of “Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes,” about a young Japanese girl with leukemia caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945. Sadako had heard a legend that anyone who folded a thousand paper cranes would be granteden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)re: A thousand cranes for Scotthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2007/08/24/a-thousand-cranes-for-scott.aspx#4552473Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:25:30 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:4552473Lauren Smith<p>The tradition lives on in Japan. If someone gets sick, friends will fold cranes for them.</p>
<p>If you go to the Hiroshima memorial, you'll find wreaths of 1000 origami cranes folded by various elementary school students from around Japan.</p>
<p>It's a tangible way to show your support for someone in suffering. Pretty neat tradition.</p>
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